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Chinese Playing Cards

All Collectible Games — Wed, 05 May 2021 17:10:58 +0000

Chinese Playing Cards: Playing cards may have been invented during the Tang dynasty around the 9th century AD as a result of the usage of woodblock printing technology. The earliest known text containing a possible reference to card games is a 9th-century text known as the Collection of Miscellanea at Duyang, written by Tang dynasty writer Su E. It describes Princess Tongchang, daughter of Emperor Yizong of Tang, playing the “leaf game” in 868 with members of the Wei clan, the family of the princess’s husband. The first known book on the “leaf” game was called the Yezi Gexi and allegedly written by a Tang woman. It received commentary by writers of subsequent dynasties. The Song dynasty (960–1279) scholar Ouyang Xiu (1007–1072) asserts that the “leaf” game existed at least since the mid-Tang dynasty and associated its invention with the development of printed sheets as a writing medium. However, Ouyang also claims that the “leaves” were pages of a book used in a board game played with dice, and that the rules of the game were lost by 1067. Reference: Wikipedia

Below are some examples and price guides of Chinese playing cards including a Chinese travel tile set and a blakc and gilt lacquer games box with sets of cards.

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French Suited Playing Cards

All Collectible Games — Tue, 04 May 2021 17:43:51 +0000

French suited playing cards or French-suited cards are cards that use the French suits of trèfles (clovers or clubs ), carreaux (tiles or diamonds ), cœurs (hearts ), and piques (pikes or spades ). Each suit contains three face cards: the valet (knave or jack), the dame (lady or queen), and the roi (king). Aside from these aspects, decks can include a wide variety of regional and national patterns, which often have different deck sizes. In comparison to Spanish, Italian, German, and Swiss playing cards, French cards are the most widespread due to the geopolitical, commercial, and cultural influence of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. Other reasons for their popularity were the simplicity of the suit insignia, which simplifies mass production, and the popularity of whist and contract bridge. Reference: Wikipedia

Below are some examples and price guides of antique, French playing cards including a miniature set of hand colored cards and a playing card box

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Mystical Card Games

All Collectible Games — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 11:10:41 +0000

Mystical Card Games. Playing cards have been used for divination for centuries. The Tarot is probably the best known fortune telling game but there were other games such as Dream Cards and Astrological Cards.

Below are some examples and price guides of antique, mystical card games including “The Court Game of Astrology” and four 18th century Indian dream cards.

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